Linked by David Haring on Thu 15th Apr 2004 21:14 UTC
Imagine this scenario: you need to run your favorite application under Linux but the application has not been ported to Linux yet and there is no other alternative that would completely suit your needs. Or you need to work with several operating systems.
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"What's the relation to twoOstwo ( http://www.twoostwo.org/ ) ? Does this replace toostwo, or is it just that parallax ( http://www.parallax.ru/ ) sold their system to 2 companies ( http://www.netsys.info/ )? "
Parallax initially developed the system for one host, the German 2os2 company (cant remember the name) funded the developemnt for an OS/2 guest as to sell to companies that wanted to move from OS/2 but keep on using the software, that in turn meant that they got in contact with serenity (owners of ecomstation) and serenity funded further development of the program into a multi host/guest system, so all systems are based on the same codebase but intended for slightly different market segments/have different features.
As for pricing, this has apparently not been nailed down but they are talking about a similar priceopoint as vmware, the difference being that SvS will come with versions of all guest os's bar Windows out of the pack (FreeBSD 1 or 2 linux variants, ecomstation (an upgraded os/2 client) etc.), so it will be a turnkey system without the need for recompiling, driver hunting etc.
The interesting thing about SVS is the amount of industry support SS has managed to drum up even prior to the release, they have got a host of companies supporting the system including IBM.